Elizabeth vs Greenville

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and Greenville: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabeth and Greenville are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenville has the higher population (28,833 vs 204 in Elizabeth). Since 2019, Greenville's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -25.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Greenville
Population	204	28,833
Median age	54.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,297
Median home value	—	$100,800
Median gross rent	$525	$824
Housing units	98	14,060
Homeownership rate	23.5%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Greenville
Population	275 → 204 (-25.8%)	30,588 → 28,833 (-5.7%)
Median household income	—	$27,025 → $36,297 (+34.3%)
Median home value	—	$78,300 → $100,800 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$459 → $525 (+14.4%)	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)

Elizabeth

Population

275204

Median gross rent

$459$525

Greenville

Population

30,58828,833

Median household income

$27,025$36,297

Median home value

$78,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$694$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Greenville
Under 5	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	1.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	20.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	26.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	20.1%	11.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	15.7%
Black or African American	89.7%	81.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Greenville
No high school diploma	22.3%	20.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Greenville
Drove alone	100.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Greenville
1-unit, detached	41.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	27.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Greenville
Poverty rate	0.0%	31.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1982	1970